GNU bug report logs - #68799
30.0.50; emacs --fg-daemon fails silently if server-start fails

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 68799 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68799: 30.0.50; emacs --fg-daemon fails silently if server-start fails
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:12:40 +0200

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
> Cc: 68799 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:13:42 -0500
> 
> --- a/lisp/startup.el
> +++ b/lisp/startup.el
> @@ -1627,7 +1627,11 @@ command-line
>    (let ((dn (daemonp)))
>      (when dn
>        (when (stringp dn) (setq server-name dn))
> -      (server-start)
> +      (condition-case err
> +          (server-start)
> +        (error
> +         (message "%s" (error-message-string err))
> +         (kill-emacs 1)))

Thanks, this needs a comment explaining why we need condition-case and
where does error-message-string come from.
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